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COMPASSIONATE BHAGAVAN MAHAVIR
Som Sharma took the piece of cloth to a mender.
He got the two pieces mended into one and sold it to
king Nandivardhan for a hundred thousand golds. IS
What price would
I get for this?
If you get the other half it could be sold for a hundred thousand golds. We will
share the amount equally.
Som Sharma followed Mahavir for many days and finally got the remaining half of the divine cloth.
One day Mahavir was standing in meditation in ruins of some old building. A young couple came there in search of solitude. When they saw Mahavir standing there they started shouting abuses and throwing stones at him. Mahavir was wounded.
When monsoon season approached Mahavir went into a hermitage. When the rector of that hermitage recognized Mahavir he insisted
Hey! Who are you? Why are you standing here? Go away.
Get out from this place.
Welcome son of Siddharth! Prince ascetic! You should stay
in one of the cottages in the hermitage and continue your
spiritual practices.
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Mahavir silently left the place. In freezing cold he went under a tree and resumed his meditation.
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